Hose-supporter button



D. G. BUTTS.

HOSE SUPPORTER BUTTON.

APPLICATION man SEPT. s, 1921.

' 1,43%926, Patented Dec. 5, 1922;

. the button,

Patented Dec. 5, i922.

innate PFFCE? DANIEL G. BUTTS, OF NEW DBLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNGB TOIVORY 'GABTER CUMPANY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, A.

CORPGBATIGN OF LOUISIANA.

nosn-sorronrna BUTTON.

Application filed. September a, 1921 sensitive teased To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL G. Burrs, a citizen of the UnitedStates,'residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHose-Supporter Buttons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a.full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. Y

This invention relates to buttons and particularly to the stud or buttonshank of but tons such as those used in hose supporter clasps forattachment to the hose.

Heretofore it has generally been the practi ce to form the button shankof hose supporter clasps with an enlargement or head at its upper end,the loop member of the clasp being retained on the shank by said head.An object of the invention is to eliminate the necessity of providingthe shank with an enlarged upper. end, the shank of according to thepresent invention being made fiangeless above the base. The shankintermediate its ends is adapted to be easily compressed transversely bythe loop member of the clasp, but its upper end is made solid wherebythat end will not be compressed to any appreciable extent but willremain itsnormal size and retain the loop member on the button.

In the accompanying drawings,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a button embodying the presentinvention;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view;

Fig. 8 is a sectional view;

Fig. 4: is a view showing the button inserted in the cla'sp loop; and IFig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of a modified form, the top orupper solid end of the shank being omitted.

The present invention consists essentially in the production of a buttonfor hose supporter clasps that is provided with a shank flangeless aboveits base, the cost of manufacturing siderably lower than the cost ofmanufacturing buttons whose studs or shanks have an enlargement or headat their upper end for retaining the loop member.

Referring to the drawing the button shank 10 is provided with acomparatively fiat, broad base 11 which, as is well understood in theart, is utilized for securing the siliency of shank larger than thecompressed buttons of that type being conlJlllltOl'l in the dependingportion of the hose supporter that is adapted to lie beneath the hosewhen the latter is secured in the clasp.

While any desired. material may be utilized in the manufacture of thebutton, an inherently resilient material such as rubber, is preferablyused, and to increase the 'reslits 12 are formed therein. In thepreferred embodiment of the invention as disclosed in Figs. 1 to 4., theshank 10 is made tubular, having hollow center 13, the slits 12extending longitudinally of the shank "andintersecting the exteriorsurface of the shank and merging into the hollow center 13. Slits 12,together with the hollow center 18, terminate a short distance belowtheupper end 15 of theshank, leaving said end solid, the slotted portion ofthe shank being of suflicient length, however, to accommodate the loop14 of the clasp on the shank intermediate the base and said solid end.

The shank 10, as before mentioned, is of practically uniform crosssection throughout its length, its sides normally being substantiallystraight or flangeless above the base 11. When, however, the button isinserted in the loop and pushed down into the restricted throat portionof the loop, tion of the shank intermediate the solid end and base 11will be compressed transversely by the'converging side walls of theloop. The solid upper end of the shank not being under compression willthen be considerably portion and will securely retain the loop on thebutton shank.

In the modified form of the invention as shown in Fig. 5, the buttonshank 20 is made from a solid piece of material, the slots21intersecting each other within the body of the shank, preferably at thecenter thereof, whereby the shank will have a hollow center 22.. Thehollow center, together with the slots 21 which extend to the exteriorsurface of the shank render the shank highly resilient whereby it may bereadily compressed transversely by the walls of the restricted port-ion.of the loop. In this modified embodiment of the invention, the shank isof uniformcross section and its upper end is also solid as in the formof button illustrated in Figs. 1 to l, the slots 21 terminating a shortdistance below said end, whereby the latter willtendto remain at itsnormal size and retain the loop on the button when 10, a plurality ofrecesses or a the slotted porsaid loop engages and compresses theintermediate slotted portion of the shank.

V'Vhat is claimed is:

1. A button comprising a base and a shank on the base, said shank havinga solid upper end and there being a plurality oii' longitudinallyextending slits intersecting the exterior surface of said shankintermediate the base and the solid end of the shank, Whereby the lattermay be, compressed transversely intermediate its ends. 7

2. A button comprising a base and a shank on the base, said shank beingflangeless above the base and having a solid upper end and said, shankhaving a plurality of slits formed, therein intersecting its exteriorsurface, said slits being located intermediate I the base and the solidend of the shank whereby said shank may .be compressed transverselyintermediate the solid. end and the base' 3. A button comprising a baseand a shank, said shank having a plurality of intrsecting slits thereinand a solid upper en 4. A button comprising a base and a tubular shankon the base, said shank having a solid upper end and a plurality oflongitudinal slits intersecting the exterior surface of the shankintermediate the base and the solid end of the shank whereby said shankmay be compressed transversely interinediate its solid end and the base.

5. A button comprising a base and a tubular shank on the base, saidshank having a solidupper end and a plurality of slits intermediate itssolid end and the base, said slits intersecting the exterior surface ofsaid shank and merging into the space within the shank. v

6. A button comprising a base and shank of resilient material, saidshank having a solid upper end and there being a plurality of slits insaid Shank extending bet-Ween the base and solid upper end.

7. A button comprising a base and a shank of resilient material, saidshank being normally of uniform cross section and having a plurality ofslits therein extending a portion of its length intermediate the baseand the upper end of the shank Whereby the intermediate portion of saidshank may be compressed While the ,upper end of said shank will remainof substantially its normal size and project beyond the com pressedportion of the shank to form a head.

DANIEL e. Burrs.

